1983 Sugar Bowl

DateJanuary 1, 1983Season1982StadiumLouisiana SuperdomeLocationNew Orleans, LouisianaMVPTodd Blackledge
(Penn State QB)FavoritePenn State by 4 pointsRefereeVance Carlson (Big Eight)Attendance78,127United States TV coverageNetworkABCAnnouncersKeith Jackson and Frank Broyles

The 1983 Sugar Bowl was the 49th of the college footballbowl game, played at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Saturday, January 1. Part of the 1982–83 bowl game season, it was a de facto national championship game that matched the undefeated and top-rankedGeorgia Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the #2 Penn State Nittany Lions, an independent. Penn State won 27–23 to finish atop the final polls as national champions for the first time in school history.